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Please help me ID this succulent!!

Julia - York,PA 6b

6 years ago

This is one of my favorite succulents so far and I am having a problem finding out what type it is.

Also, how do you all ID your Cacti and Succulents? Do you go to a specific website? I'm a newbie to the Cacti and Succulent world but I'm loving every second of it and thriving for more knowledge of all these beauties!! Please feel free to give me advice and point me in some good directions of where to find proper identifications as well as information.

Thanks in advance!

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SoCal Stewart (San Diego, Ca Zone 10A/10B)
6 years ago
Maybe some type of Kalanchoe? There are quite a few of them though. There are members on this forum who are really good at id'ing. I'm sure they'll chime in and will be more specific.

Tyler
rina_Ontario,Canada 5a
6 years ago
Look up Kalanchoe milotii
Julia - York,PA 6b thanked rina_Ontario,Canada 5a
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Echeveria "Lola". Looking nice. Watering depends on your soil, if you haven't repotted this before, chances are the soil is too heavy and water-retaining and your plants will be prone to root rot, so I would look into proper succulent soil mix on this forum, 50/50 perlite and cactus soil is a quick fix. If you get your soil sorted out, watering them every 7-10 days or 10-14 days should be adequate. I'm mostly just copying/pasting what i said in your other thread, since you're asking the same questions
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Yes, everybody used to do that, but that really only helps for the soil not to fall out. You don't need to take my word for it, just read more posts here, from some excellent growers... ETA: look at pots in this thread for example. We are using mix without soil and definitely without any rocks/shards on bottom. Perhaps you may be interested to read about how water behaves in soils?
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Julia - York,PA 6b
Original Author
6 years ago
Thank you Rina!!! That was definitely it!
rina_Ontario,Canada 5a
6 years ago
I am not sure if there is specific way to learn IDs, maybe it depends how much you want to study!:), if you read thru this forum, you'll find many, many threads asking for ID. Most of us like to know exact names. Common names could be confusing, since same or similar could be given to completely different plants. So it may be best to learn scientific names.

Just reading few different thread on this forum could start you. Or you can get really interested, and start with Plant taxonomy...

I would start with looking at photos of plants in same genera, for example Kalanchoe...or Echeveria...or Sedum....just to get idea what plants in that genus look like, in general. There are many plants in these, and could look quite different from each other.
Julia - York,PA 6b thanked rina_Ontario,Canada 5a
SpanishFly - (Mediterranean)
6 years ago
I only buy named plants from cactus nurseries. Or named seeds, or offspring from my own known plants.

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